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It is nowadays well recognized that many important biophysical events occur at the biological membrane level. The membrane can regulate, for instance, the vectorial transport of nutrients, waste, and exogenous components such as drugs. It can also provide a site of cell-specific antigens and hormone receptors. Unfortunately, the molecular mehanisms giving rise to such events are not always well characterized and often not known at all. This poor level of knowledge essentially resides in the complexity of the biological membrane. Lipids and proteins which compose the membrane can indeed have a wide variety of chemical structures. Moreover, it appears that membrane biological activity is closely linked to the relative amount of each of these compounds as well as to their spatial and/or temporal distribution in the membrane. The study of membrane structure and dynamics appears therefore as a potential tool in the understanding of biological mechanisms occurring at or in the membrane.
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Dufourc, E.J. (1988). Membrane Structure and Dynamics by NMR. Part 1: Effect of Cyclopropane Rings, Double Bonds and Sterols on the Structure and Dynamics of Phospholipid Membranes. In: Op den Kamp, J.A.F. (eds) Membrane Biogenesis. NATO ASI Series, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73184-6_11
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